What goes where?
17-Feb-88 03:13:41
Sb: #109568-What goes where?
Fm: Nick Sullivan/Transactor 76703,4353
To: John Draper 76703,4322
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Larry, I'd assume the reason for keeping both keywords around is so that
you can write code that will work with older compilers that accept both
keywords but don't necessarily default to the one you want. It seems that
making an overt specification for the signedness of char is going to be a
wise precaution in C for a long time to come. I agree with you that this is
a defect in the language; however, it is only an inconvenience, not an
obstacle to writing good code.